Where does “πάρκινσον” come from?
πάρκινσον (Greek) comes from English Parkinson, from English Peter, from Middle English Peter, from Latin Petrus, from Indonesian penembak, from Indonesian tembak, from Malay tembak, from Malay timbak.
πάρκινσον (Greek): Parkinson's disease, Parkinson’s
Definitions
- Parkinson's disease, Parkinson’s
Ancestry of “πάρκινσον”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Parkinson | — |
| 2 | English | Peter | radiotelephony clear-code word for the letter P |
| 3 | Middle English | Peter | Peter |
| 4 | Latin | Petrus | Peter |
| 5 | Indonesian | penembak | shooter |
| 6 | Indonesian | tembak | to shoot to fire a shot |
| 7 | Malay | tembak | to shoot |
| 8 | Malay | timbak | Obsolete form of tembak |
| 9 | Proto-Malayic | timbak | — |
| 10 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | ti(m)bak | — |